In your practice, you require advanced knowledge of the obstetrical, medical, genetic and surgical complications of pregnancy and their effects on the mother and fetus. With both basic science and clinical information, six new chapters, and an updated color design, you need look no further than the 6th edition of this long-time best seller.
Completely revised and updated, this popular reference now is a complete online resource thanks to the added functionality of Expert Consult — www.expertconsult.com.



New to This Edition
Features a companion website at www.expertconsult.com with fully searchable text and quarterly content updates to help you keep up with rapid advances in the field.

Provides an updated and focused reference list to keep you up to date on the standards of care in maternal-fetal medicine today.

Keeps you current with a new section: Disorders at the Maternal-Fetal Interface…and 6 new chapters: Biology of Parturition, Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, Intrapartum Assessment of Fetal Health, Pathogenesis of Pre-term Birth, Maternal and Fetal Infectious Disorders, and Benign Gynecological Conditions of Pregnancy.

Features over 50% new authorship with increased focus on international perspectives.

Includes the following hot topics in Maternal-Fetal Medicine:
o Biology of Parturition
o Fetal Growth
o Prenatal Genetic Screening and Diagnosis
o Fetal Cardiac Malformations and Arrhythmias
o Thyroid Disease and Pregnancy
o Management of Depression and Psychoses during Pregnancy and the Puerperium

Focuses on evidence based medicine, the current best practice in MFM for diagnosing and treating high risk pregnancies.

Includes new illustrations and an updated, color design.

Part 1: Scientific Basis of Perinatal Biology

1. Human Basic Genetics and Patterns of Inheritance

2. Normal Early Development

3. Amniotic Fluid Dynamics

4. Multiple Gestation: The Biology of Twinning

5. Biology of Parturition

6. The Immunology of Pregnancy

7. Maternal Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Renal Adaptation to Pregnancy

8. Endocrinology of Pregnancy

9. The Breast and Physiology of Lactation

10. Maternal Nutrition

11. Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

12. Fetal Cardiovascular Physiology

13. Behavioral State Activity and Fetal Health and Development Development

14. Placental Respiratory Gas Exchange and Fetal Oxygenation

15. Fetal Lung Development and Surfactant

16. Evidence-Based Practice in Perinatal Medicine


Part 2: Obstetrical Imaging

17. Performing and Documenting the Fetal Anatomy Ultrasound Examination

18. DOPPLER ULTRASOUND: SELECT FETAL AND MATERNAL APPLICATIONS

19. Clinical Applications of 3-Dimensional Sonography in Obstetrics

20. Central Nervous System Imaging

20A: Arnold-Chiari Malformation

20B: Borderline Lateral Cerebral Ventriculomegaly

20C: Choroid Plexus Cysts

20D: Dandy Walker Malfromation and Variant

20E: Encephalocele

20F: Holoprosencephaly

20G: Porencephalic Cyst

20H: Ventriculomegaly

20I [Online only] Agenesis of the corpus callosum

20J [Online only] Anencephaly

20K [Online only] Arachnoid Cyst

20L [Online only] Hydranencephaly

20M [Online only] Microcephaly

20N [Online only] Vein of Galen Aneurysm

21. Imaging of the Face and Neck

21A: Cleft Lip and Palate

21B: Cystic Hygroma

21C: Micrognathia

21D: Abnormal Orbits (Online only)

21E: Goiter (Online Only)

22. Thoracic Imaging

22A: Congenital diaphragmatic hernia left, right

22B: Cystic lung lesions, CAM, sequestration

22C: Congenital high airway obstruction (CHAOS) (Online only)

22D: Pleural effusion (Online Only)

23. Cardiac Imaging

24. Abdominal Imaging

25. Urogenital Imaging

26. Skeletal Imaging

27. Imaging of the Placenta and Umbilical Cord

28. Uterus and Adnexae Imaging

29. First Trimester


Part 3: Fetal Disorders: Diagnosis and Therapy

30. Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Disorders

31. Teratogenesis and Environmental Exposure

32. Assessment of Fetal Health

33. Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance

34. Assessment and Induction of Fetal Pulmonary Maturity

35. Invasive Fetal Therapy

36. Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn

37. Nonimmune Hydrops

38. Multiple Gestation: Clinical Characteristics and Management


Part 4: Disorders at the Maternal-Fetal Interface

39. Pathogenesis of Spontaneous Pre-Term Labor

40. Preterm Labor and Birth

41. Cervical Insufficiency

42. Premature Rupture of the Membranes

43. Clinical Aspects of Normal and Abnormal Labor

44. Recurrent Pregnancy Loss

45. Stillbirth

46. Placental Previa, Placenta Accreta, Abruptio Placenta, and Vasa Previa

47. Intrauterine Growth Restriction

48. Pregnancy-Related Hypertension


Part 5: Maternal Complications

49. Patient Safety

50. Maternal Mortality

51. Maternal and Fetal Infections

52. Cardiac Diseases

53. Coagulation Disorders in Pregnancy

54. Thromboembolic Disease in Pregnancy

55. Anemia and Pregnancy

56. Malignancy and Pregnancy

57. Renal Disorders

58. Respiratory Diseases in Pregnancy

59. Diabetes in Pregnancy

60. Thyroid Disease and Pregnancy

61. Other Endocrine Disorders of Pregnancy

62. Gastrointestinal Disease in Pregnancy

63. Diseases of the Liver, Biliary System, and Pancreas

64. Pregnancy and Rheumatic Diseases

65. Neurologic Disorders

66. Management of Depression and Psychoses in Pregnancy and the Puerperium

67. Substance Abuse in Pregnancy

68. The Skin and Pregnancy

69. Benign Gynecological Conditions in Pregnancy

70. Anesthetic Considerations for Complicated Pregnancies

71. Intensive Care Considerations for the Critically Ill Parturient


Part 6: The Neonate

72. Neonatal Morbidities of Prenatal and Perinatal Origin